We Don’t Actually Want to Be Happy
in The New York Times
Chess helps answer the perennial human question, “What should I do next?”
Idler, 10th June 2020
The subtle joys of underachievement
In a world awash with stories of success and failure, we seem remarkably incurious about how it feels to experience both at the same time.
Medium, 5th November 2019
What Chess Can Teach You About Luck
Even games of skill depend upon opportunity.
RSA, 18th October 2017
Why we’ve never had it so good, yet everything has to change
The world is confusing because two apparently contradictory things seem true: we’ve never had it so good, and everything has to change.
New York Times, 4th November 2019
We Don’t Actually Want to Be Happy
Chess helps answer the perennial human question, “What should I do next?”
CUSP, 27th April 2017
Imagining a world beyond consumerism
Consumerism is deeply problematic, but despite its obvious limitations, harms and absurdities, it is remarkably difficult to displace as our default societal setting and plot. Consumerism has become our prevailing cultural and economic modus operandi and is fundamentally more logical than it might at first appear.
Prospect Magazine, 25th March 2015
Why our politics needs to be more spiritual
We do not seem to be equipped to explore the full depth and range of human experience.
The Guardian, 19th November 2013
Changing behaviour: how deep do you want to go?
Behavioural insights come in many forms so those concerned with sustainability need to make judgment calls about the type and depth of the insight they need.
The Guardian, 9th June 2014
As an exile I can't vote in Scotland's referendum, but I know I'd vote yes!
Independence is not about the economy. It's about Scots having the confidence to embrace self-determination.
Prospect Magazine, 27th September 2012
Chess as art
Can an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery do justice to chess? A grandmaster's verdict.
The Guardian, 14th February 2014
The seven dimensions for action on climate change
To act on climate change, we must shake off the anti-capitalist stigma and focus on seven simple components.